ELSIE. I've no objections either.
FLORENCE. I daresay not—to the father. He's dead. But the mother isn't.
ELSIE. What's the matter with his mother?
FLORENCE. Haven't you seen her?
ELSIE. Jack's shirked introducing me, if you want to know.
FLORENCE. Well, I have seen her, and——
ELSIE. Well?
FLORENCE. She's a hard nut to crack.
ELSIE. I'll crack her if she needs it. If I want to marry a man, I marry him. I don't mind telling parents about it, but I don't ask their permission. That sort of thing went out about the time motor cars came in.
FLORENCE. Then why haven't you told father before this?